Involving patients to improve service quality in primary care

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 275-282

  Stevenson, Keith ^a   Sinfield, Paul ^b   Ion, Vince ^c,d   Merry, Marilyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Louth Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d DoH/NHSU   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health services; Patients; Primary care; Quality assessment; United kingdom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 16544367343     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860410549380     Document Type: Article

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